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I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY Words by Katherine Hankey Music by Wm. G. Fischer Come hymnals credit the authorship “*to Katherine Hankey, some to Kate Hankey. Her real name was Arabella Catherine Hankey. She was bom in Clapham, England in 1834, the daughter of a wealthy banker. At the age of 30 she was taken ill, was bed-ridden for many months and spent additional months convalescing. While bedfast, she determined to write a lengthy poem on “The Life of Jesus in Verse.” Two well-known songs have been derived from Miss Hankey’s poetical effort — “Tell Me the Old, Old Story” from the first part, and “ I Love to Tell the Story” from the second part. Dr. William H. Doane composed musical settings for each of them in 1870 and his tune for “Tell Me the Old, Old Story” is still used. Another famous composer, W. G. Fischer, composed a musical set ting for “ I Love to Tell the Story” ; his melody has displaced Doane’s. “ I Love to Tell the Story” with Fischer’s musical setting, was first published in 1872, in Music for Campmeetings. The chorus was added by Fischer, both words and music, when he wrote the original melody in 1869. Miss Hankey was devoted to Sun day school work. She made a trip to South Africa to care for an invalid brother, and while there she devel oped a keen interest in foreign mis sions. She devoted the entire proceeds' from her profitable literary efforts to foreign missionary activities. She died in London in 1911. Fischer was bom October 14, 1835, in Baltimore. At the age of eight he was chosen to “start the singing” in the services of the Berman church which he attended. In his young man hood he took up the bookbinding trade, studying music>at night. Later he became a teacher of voice and piano, and for 10 years was a pro fessor of music in Girard College. He became associated with John E. Gould (composer of “ Jesus Saviour Pilot Me” ) in a profitable retail piano business. He composed musical set tings for many hymns, notably “Whiter Than Snow,” “A Little Talk with Jesus,” and “ I Am Coming to the Cross.” He died in Philadelphia, August 13, 1912.
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